Conference Poster: Examining Governance and Leadership of Informal Healthcare Providers in Urban Slums of Nigeria
In urban slums across Nigeria, informal healthcare providers (IHPs) play a key role in healthcare delivery, offering convenient access and flexible payment options for clients. Despite their significance, the governance and leadership systems of IHPs remain poorly understood. To address this, we examined the existing governance structures of IHPs and their interactions with the formal health system, and recommend potential strategies for improved governance and better delivery of quality healthcare services to slum residents.
We shared the key messages of these findings in a poster at the 8th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, 2024, Japan.
Authors: Pamela Adaobi Ogbozor1,2, Chinyere Mbachu1 and Obinna Onwujekwe1
Affiliations: 1. Health Policy Research Group, University of Nigeria 2. Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu, Nigeria.